The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul BINGELMANN finished 440th of 686 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:29:45.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:05 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Berlin ran slow: the 2,286 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 3:59v median +0:30
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 4:13v median +0:28
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Block 03 7:37Running 3 4:16v median +0:16
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 4:27v median +0:29
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Block 05 9:18Running 5 4:41v median +0:34
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 4:54v median +0:52
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Block 07 10:56Running 7 4:36v median +0:32
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Block 08 13:44Running 8 6:42v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 684
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 684 men who finished.